Cigarette-case



W. SILVERMAN.

CIGARETTE CASE. APPLICATION 'FILED Aue.7,'I9Is.

Patented Mar. 23,1920.

ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT UFFICE.

`vvULF s ILvERMAN, E NEW YORK, N. Y., assIeNoE. 0E ONE-THIRD To SAMUEL LEER AND ONE-THIRD To LoUrs scnUL'rz, Born: or NEW Yoan, N. Y.

CIGARETTE-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented 3131323 192()- Application filed August '7, 1919: Serial No. 315,848.

To all 107mm t may concern: i

Be it known that I, WULE' SiLvEnMAN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of New York city, county and State of New York, have invented "certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette-Cases, of which the `following is a speciiication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The objects of the present invention are to provide a cigarette case of simple and inexpensive construction, in which the cig- I arettes will be properly protected and preserved, and which can be operated `to present the cigarettes for use.

The invention accordingly consists of a box or casing and a carrier sliding within the casing and arranged to project the cigarettes through an opening in the end of the casing. This opening is normally closed by a cover, and a feature of this cover is that it is hingedly connected with the carrier so that as the carrier is projected, said cover will be projected also and will drop back on its hinges so as to expose the projecting ends of the cigarettes.A

Details of construction and other novel features of invention will appear as the specification proceeds.

The drawing illustrates the invention embodied in two different forms, but it will be understood that other forms may be adopted without departing from the true scope and spirit of the invention.

Figure 1 in the drawing is a top plan view oit the case.

F ig. E2 is a front view of the same with the front wall broken away and parts shown in section.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View taken on the plane of the line 3 3 in Fig. 2.

Fig. a is a view similar to Fig'. 2 showing the carrier projected.

F ig. 5 'is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 2 of slightly modied form of construction.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the drawings.

7 designates a box or -body portion of the device which for the sake of convenience in handling may be of curved cross section as indicated in Fig. l. `Within the box there 1s 1nounted a `carrier 8 for the cigarettes, said carrier being constructed to contain the desired number of cigarettes, and` mounted to slide freely within the boX. Normally this carrier is held in retracted position within the box by means of springs 9 connected in the first form shown with the bottom of the carrier at 10 and with the pins `11 secured to the box body.

Suitable means are provided vfor projecting the carrier, said means being shown in the form as thumb piece 1Q secured to the carrier and working through a slot 13 in the front wall of the box.

The upper end of the bor; is lelt open as indicated, so that when the carrier is projected the cigarettes supported thereon will be exposed through such open end. Normally this open end or top of the box is closed 'by a cover 14 which is hingedly connected with the carrier by means of the dependent angular arms 15 at the ends of the same, said arms being pivoted at 16 to the upstanding lugs or ears 17 at the upper end of the carrier. These arms slide freely within the boX and have a free swinging pivotal connection with the carrier so that when the carrier is projected, the cover will drop back naturally of its own weight, thereby fully exposing the upper ends oi the cigarettes (see particularly in this connection Figs. at and 5). The device is easily used by holding it in the iingers of one hand and pressing upwardly with the thumb of that hand on the thumb piece. This action leaves the cigarettes projecting through the open end ot the box and allows the cover piece to tall back out of the way, so that the upper end of the cigarettes are wholly exposedl and can be freely withdrawn. The cover piece 111- may have a dependent angular rear wall such as indicated at 18 which is a part of the same and holds the hinge arms 15 in true parallelism. For the sake ot convenience a rough scratching surface 19 may be provided on the underside of the cover.

The `ease may be made exceedingly compact by disposing the retracting springs at the sides of the carrier as indicated in Fig. 6. In this view the spring 22 is shown interposed in a space 23 provided between one side of the carrier and the adjacent side walls of the box, said spring being shown engaged at its ends with anchorages 20 and 21 on said adjacent side walls respectively.

In this construction, there is no lost space, and the case as a whole need be 'but slightly longer than the cigarettes themselves. This obviously is a desirable point in devices of this character.

What I claim is:

l. A cigarette case comprising a box open at one end, a cigarette carrier slidably .mounted within the box, means for projecting and retracting the carrier, including an exposed operating device engageable by the fingers for controlling the movements of the carrier, upstanding lugs at the opposite ends of the carrier between the front and back walls of the box, a cover for the open end of the box, angularly extending arms dependent from the opposite end portions of the cover and pivoted at their lower ends to the upstanding carrier lugs at points intermediate the back and front walls of the box, the space between the cover arms being open at the front to expose the cigarettes on the carrier when the same is projected and the space between the arms at the back 'being open te enable the arms to slide over the edge of the back wall of the box whereby said arms by reason of their pivotal centers being disposed intermediate the back and front walls of the box will operate as levers fulcruming on the back wall of the box as the carrier is rctracted to positively swing the cover into its box-closing relation.

2. A cigarette case comprising a box substantially corresponding in depth to the length of the cigarettes and open at one end, a cigarette carrier slidably engaged lin said box, a retracting spring connected between the side wall of the carrier and adjacent side wall of the box, and a cover for the open end of the box connected with the carrier by arms pivoted thereto.

3. A cigarette case comprising a box open at one end, a carrier slidably working in said box, means for projecting and retracting said carrier, a cover for the open end of the box hingedly connected with said carrier and retracting springs between each side wall of the carrier and adjacent side walls of the box.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand this 5th day of August 1919.

WULF SILVERMAN. 

